Neil Templar
20th March 2013, 12:23 PM
This was a few days ago. I've lost much of the detail - i didn't write it down... this is what i remember...
I am attending a new school. It seems to be a boarding school - we are each allowed a space to sleep in, with shelves above it for our belongings. However, it is up to us to choose our space and to communicate with the other pupils regarding it.
When i try to lay out my bedding, i realise that i have less space than everyone else. I look at those next to me and see that the shelf space has been divided unfairly. One of the pupils to my right has taken up twice as much space as everyone else for herself. I voice my complaint about it, albeit reluctantly, as it means 3 people are gonna have to move their beds, and re-arrange their shelves. However they do so with little complaint, and i suggest to the girl that she should be a little more considerate of others, especially if we're all to live in such close quarters together for a full term... (this seems to be the underlying theme to this experience - cooperating with others, and setting boundaries/assessing limitations for myself)
Next is classtime. My group of pupils all seem to be of a similar age to me. However, i am called to the front and am told i have to go to another class... I'm a bit embarrassed... i follow the directions i'm given and enter another classroom, which is filled with older students. They look at me like i'm not supposed to be there.
I hear one of them quietly say to another, "That must be the D!"
I assume they are referring to a D grade i must have got on an exam, but then that makes no sense to me. A D grade wouldn't grant me access to a higher class...
I sit down near the back and try to be as invisible as possible. When the class begins, i find i am able to keep up with the others, in fact, i seem to be slightly more knowledgable than many of them...
By the end of the class, my confidence is much higher. I feel relaxed and at home with the older students.
I am attending a new school. It seems to be a boarding school - we are each allowed a space to sleep in, with shelves above it for our belongings. However, it is up to us to choose our space and to communicate with the other pupils regarding it.
When i try to lay out my bedding, i realise that i have less space than everyone else. I look at those next to me and see that the shelf space has been divided unfairly. One of the pupils to my right has taken up twice as much space as everyone else for herself. I voice my complaint about it, albeit reluctantly, as it means 3 people are gonna have to move their beds, and re-arrange their shelves. However they do so with little complaint, and i suggest to the girl that she should be a little more considerate of others, especially if we're all to live in such close quarters together for a full term... (this seems to be the underlying theme to this experience - cooperating with others, and setting boundaries/assessing limitations for myself)
Next is classtime. My group of pupils all seem to be of a similar age to me. However, i am called to the front and am told i have to go to another class... I'm a bit embarrassed... i follow the directions i'm given and enter another classroom, which is filled with older students. They look at me like i'm not supposed to be there.
I hear one of them quietly say to another, "That must be the D!"
I assume they are referring to a D grade i must have got on an exam, but then that makes no sense to me. A D grade wouldn't grant me access to a higher class...
I sit down near the back and try to be as invisible as possible. When the class begins, i find i am able to keep up with the others, in fact, i seem to be slightly more knowledgable than many of them...
By the end of the class, my confidence is much higher. I feel relaxed and at home with the older students.